I said I want to be Imam Khomeini's tea server: Ayatollah Khamenei

The Leader of the Revolution narrates a memory, from the days of preparation before Imam Khomeini's return to Iran:

Before the return of Imam Khomeini, my friends and I met, saying: “Well, tomorrow Imam is coming to Tehran. We need to get ready and organize for Imam’s bayt (place). Every one of us should accept a specific responsibility."--Everybody decided to gather and think about this.

In the meeting, I said: “I will be the tea man[1]." My friends laughed, asking: “Are you joking?” I said: “No, I mean it, seriously. Actually because I like tea, I am also good at making it. Anyway, Imam’s place will need a tea man: I will be that tea man."

These words took our session in a good direction. There is a big difference if we, instead, decide to choose the head of an organization first. Everybody might believe he is the best person for the highest position. In such a situation, a quarrel might rise.

In this quarrel, I insisted, by saying “That's the only job I will accept; I want to be the tea man." Everyone else offered to carry out a responsibility likewise and order was established.

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On the auspicious birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad and Imam Sadiq (peace be upon them), the heads of power branches, government officials, ambassadors of Islamic countries as well as invitees to the International Conference on Islamic Unity held in Tehran met with Ayatollah Khamenei—the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution—this morning, November 25, 2018.